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Today, all organizations are digital by default. Not every organization delivers its products and services primarily through digital channels, but all operate with the cultures, technology and processes of the connected era of the Internet of Things (IoT).
The World Economic Forum now rates a large-scale breach of cybersecurity as one of the five most serious risks facing the world today. The scale of the threat is expanding drastically: by 2021, the global cost of cybersecurity breaches will reach US$6 trillion by some estimates, double the total for 20151.
It has never been more difficult for organizations to map the digital environment in which they operate, or their interactions with it. Every organization's technology infrastructure is both bespoke and complex, spanning networks consisting of tools and technologies that may be on-premises or in the cloud.
Connected devices add to the complexity. The convergence of IoT networks with what were once separate and self-contained – and therefore more manageable – systems represents fundamental change.
Mounting threat levels require a more robust response and this year's Global Information Security Survey (GISS) reveals that many organizations continue to increase their spending on cybersecurity. 70% say they require up to 25% more funding, and the rest require even more than this. However, only 12% expect to receive an increase of over 25%.
For many organizations, the worst may have to happen for these calls to be met. Asked what kind of event would result in cybersecurity budgets being increased, 76% of survey respondents said the discovery of a breach that caused damage would be likely to see greater resources allocated.
By contrast, 64% said an attack that did not appear to have caused any harm would be unlikely to prompt an increase in the organization's cybersecurity budget. This is higher than the figure reported last year, which is concerning given the reality that harm is generally being done by an attack even it is not immediately obvious.
Ultimately, organizations that fail to devote the resources necessary for adequate cybersecurity will find it very difficult to manage the risks they face. Our survey suggests organizations increasingly recognize this: 48% of respondents say either that they have made changes to their strategies and plans to take account of the risks posed by cyber threats, or that they are about to review strategy in this context.
1"Cybercrime Report 2017 Edition", Cybersecurity Ventures, 19 October 2017.
Understanding the threat landscape
The first step for organizations seeking to enhance their cybersecurity ability is to develop a better understanding of the nature of the threat to them. What are the threats and what do they mean for you and your organization?
Organizations may feel more confident about confronting the types of attack that have become familiar in recent years, but still lack the capability to deal with more advanced, targeted assaults; they may not even be aware of attack methods that are emerging. To be cyber resilient, however, organizations must increase their understanding rapidly – it is likely that they will face all of these categories of attack at one time or another, and possibly simultaneously.
Every organization must assume that the worst could happen.
With so many disparate threats – and perpetrators that could be anyone from a rogue employer to a terrorist group or a nation state – organizations must be vigilant across the board and be well acquainted with their own threat landscape. All the more so since attackers have easy access to malware and sophisticated tools – and can even hire cyber-criminals – online.
Employees and criminal syndicates are seen as the greatest immediate threats. For many organizations, the most obvious point of weakness will come from an employee who is careless or fails to heed the cybersecurity guidelines.
Organizations are also increasingly fearful about the vulnerabilities within new channels and tools. For example, 77% of survey respondents worry about poor user awareness and behavior exposing them to risk via a mobile device; the loss of such a device, and the potential for loss of information and an identity breach, are a concern for 50%.
Fighting back against the threat
Organizations are likely to be confronted by a wave of attackers of varying levels of sophistication, and they can and must fight back. The response must be multilayered:
Defending against the common attack methods
According to Greg Young, Research Vice President at Gartner: "Through 2020, 99% of vulnerabilities exploited will continue to be the ones known by security and IT professionals for at least one year."
At this threat level, point solutions remain a key element of cybersecurity resilience, with tools including antivirus software, intruder detection and protection systems (IDS and IPS), consistent patch management and encryption technologies that protect the integrity of the data even if an attacker does gain access to it.
Employee awareness is also a crucial frontline defense, building cybersecurity consciousness and password discipline throughout the organization. As the respondents to this survey point out, careless employee behaviors represent a significant point of weakness for most organizations.
To defend against common threats, organizations need to make sure that the basic strategic components are in place.
Defending against advanced attacks
If organizations are ambitious enough to seek to close the door on common types of cyber-attack, they must also be realistic enough to accept that advanced attackers will get in. It is crucial to be able to identify intrusions as quickly as possible – and to have processes that are known to provide the organization with an effective means to deal with the after-breach situation and to kick attackers back out.
A Security Operations Center (SOC) that sits at the heart of the organization's cyber threat detection capability is an excellent starting point, providing a centralized, structured and coordinating hub for all cybersecurity activities. SOCs are becoming increasingly common, but 48% of organizations still do not have one.
SOCs are increasingly moving beyond passive cybersecurity practices into active defense - a deliberately planned and continuously executed campaign that aims to identify and remove hidden attackers and defeat likely threat scenarios targeting the organization's most critical assets. Active defense represents a crucial step forward as organizations seek to counter advanced attackers, and can be thought of as a strategy encompassing at least four stages:
- Prioritizing the crown jewels – in any organization, certain assets, including people, are particularly valuable and must be identified and then protected especially well.
- Defining normal – it is important for organizations to understand how their networks normally operate. Cybersecurity analytics tools use machine learning to define the "normal" and artificial intelligence to recognize potential malicious activity more quickly and accurately.
- Advanced threat intelligence – by working closely with threat intelligence providers and developing in-house analyst capability, it is possible for organizations to build a much clearer picture of the threat landscape – including the identities of C-level executives.
- Active defense missions – these are exercises planned and executed to proactively defeat specific threat scenarios and uncover hidden intruders in the network.
Amongst organizations that have experienced a cybersecurity incident, almost a third say the problem was uncovered by their SOC.
Defending against emerging attacks
In practice, no organization can anticipate all the threats that are emerging. However, innovative organizations able to be imaginative about the nature of potential future threats can build agility into their cybersecurity so that they are able to move fast when the time comes.
The study shows that cybersecurity budgets are higher in organizations that:
- Place dedicated business line security officers in key lines of business
- Report at least twice a year on cybersecurity to the board and audit committee
- Specifically identify non-IT crown jewels and differentially protect such assets
To improve their chances of fighting back against cyber attackers, organizations will have to overcome the barriers currently making it more difficult for cybersecurity operations to add value. For example, 59% of respondents cite budget constraints while a similar number lament a lack of skilled resources; 29% complain about a lack of executive awareness or support.
Emergency service – responding to an attack
Organizations are wise to operate on the basis that it will only be a matter of time before they suffer an attack that successfully breaches their defenses. Having a cyber breach response plan (CBRP) that will automatically kick in when the breach is identified represents an organization's best chance of minimizing the impact:
- Cybersecurity – how will the organization ensure it withstands the attack, isolates and assesses the damage done, and shores up defenses to prevent similar breaches in the future?
- Business continuity planning – how will the organization continue to operate as normal while remedying the attack?
- Compliance – what are the organization's duties for reporting the breach to the appropriate authorities, including law enforcement agencies if necessary, and how will these be discharged?
- Public relations and communications – how will the organization communicate clearly and effectively with all potential stakeholders, including employees, customers, suppliers and investors, both directly and via the media where there is public interest in the breach?
- Litigation – how will the organization assess what potential litigation the attack leaves it vulnerable to, or even whether it has any recourse to legal action itself? How will it forensically record and maintain evidence for use by law enforcement agencies?
- Insurance – does the organization have cyber insurance and is this incident covered? In which case, what can be claimed?
This survey suggests different levels of readiness amongst organizations. Many organizations may also be confused about their legal responsibilities – 17% of respondents say they would not notify all customers, even if a breach affected customer information; 10% would not even notify customers impacted. As the European Union's General Data Protection Regime looms large, such positions will not be justifiable.
Overall, 68% of respondents have some form of formal incident response capability, but only 8% describe their plan as robust and spanning third parties and law enforcement.
"Working together, we can regain cybersecurity resilience."
Paul van Kessel, EY Global Advisory Cybersecurity Leader
Understanding the threat landscape – detecting the potential risks on the horizon – is the groundwork of good cybersecurity. It enables organizations to limit the time they spend outside normality, to understand when and why they have moved into stress, and therefore to pre-empt the development of a full-on crisis.
Fighting back – protecting the organization from cyber risk – builds on this groundwork. It gives the organization the skills and confidence to deal with stress and crisis more effectively, with tools and processes that provide a framework for responding to attackers.
The ability to respond to an attack is the final piece. Organizations able to act calmly, employing a well thought-out and tested cyber threat breach response plan in which everyone understands their responsibilities, will be able to de-escalate the crisis much more quickly.
By pulling these strands of cybersecurity together, organizations will move toward greater resilience, even in the face of the significant and increasing risk posed by diverse and often sophisticated cyber attackers.
The tools and technologies required to meet the threat are already available and many organizations have developed innovative policies and processes to make best use of them. Now this best practice must become standard for all organizations.
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True love will always reside in that person who knows true love, a person who knows its principles. You have to know that…. A few days ago, I reached the conclusion that people are unable to trust the God of Night or the God of Day. Because the false parent came into being, and created all that, people have been unable to trust the person known as the true God. What was missing? The original Principle had been missing. There had been no object partners to God who could explain the Principle in such a way as to claim it as their own.
The True Parents cannot be known. Even the God of Night is seen as false. The God of Day is also seen as false. The Fall in the Garden of Eden was that they did not unite centering on the Principle. That is the Fall. You have to understand that….
You would not dislike the person who, centering on true love, is your wife, even if you remained with her for eternity. You should never leave her. You must be with her forever. In terms of the principles of true love and the rules and principles related with the person whom you call your wife, that wife is the one and only person that is fit to be your wife. It would be the same for your father and for your sons and daughters.
A couple of days ago, I talked all day long before concluding. What have I been centered on in my life up to this day? It is the Principle. Before my original mind can talk about eternal love, it must only know one thing — that love. It is the Principle that will remain with that love forever and remain as yours and mine for all eternity, wherever we may go. Those Principle rules — the principles and laws of creation that God applied in His creation — still remain. Yet, the substance of the Principle, the subject partner in the Principle and the object partner in the Principle have all been distorted. If there are true sons, true daughters, or parents, they should be together for eternity. They should not leave one another's side. Do you understand?
[Yes.] I have been able to survive to this day in this chaotic, disorderly world because the Principle is unchanging.
Even in a world of hell, the original substance of the Principle can exist everywhere. Wherever it is, it is one. It cannot exist as two. In my eyes, the Principle rule is one. One who relates with another person and unites with his or her counterpart will not grow weary of that person even if one has to look upon him or her for eternity. if we are talking about a university, that principle applies when loving that university. You must explain this according to the Principle. There is no way to explain the Principle just centering on oneself. The Principle existed from the outset. Do you understand? It originally existed. The quality of "trueness" existed from the outset….
Even if you looked at the Principle for tens of millions of years or for hundreds of billions of years, you would want to see it again, to be its embodiment. You can never be separated from it. If you are separated, your own being will become a dark hell. Whatever you try to foresee, there is the Settlement of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind and the Proclamation of the Word by God's Substantial Self. I left out the words "cosmic assembly," but all these words are included in the title. Is the "Settlement of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind" there? They are the owners who dwell inside the Principle itself, those who can be the owner of the Principle….
The Principled way and non-Principled way cannot exist together. A non-Principled way cannot even become the shadow of a model for existence….
God became the father but did not have a wife or children. How can they be together? There was no day when the God of Night, the God of Day and True Parents could be at that place where countless families and monarchs died….
If there is an incarnation [substantiation] of the Principle, it must be eternal, but it is not yet eternal until that embodiment appears. We can conclude that no matter how hard we work in our life, we will all die. Where is our dwelling place? It is in heaven. The homeland and hometown wherein God resides.
God, His wife and children had been unable to find that dwelling place. The Principle must first be there if it is to be substantiated. The God of Night was unable to see the Principle actualized.
The history of creation has never once seen the perfection or completion of the laws of the Principle. I know that if I am unable to manage this before I reach the age of 104, I will be considered a failure….
A day or two ago, Hoon-mo nim visited me with Shin-gil. She was teaching him. Such a time has come. I have eliminated the boundaries within the spirit world. The spirits can come and live on the earth instead of living in heaven. You can only give your children, grandchildren, sons and daughters in marriage on the earth. You cannot do so in the spirit world. You cannot multiply in the spirit world. That is why your ancestors are all watching the earth. If all those who went to the other world could return to the earth they should hold their marriage ceremony again. People who already received the blessing in the past can just go to the spirit world and live there. When spirits come to earth, they should be given the blessing and engrafted to True Parents' lineage. By doing so, those among your ancestors who lived alone can become in-laws with their sons and daughters that are even several thousand generations apart. It's possible.
What's the age difference between Hyun-shil Kang and her husband? Its 1,560 and something years. She is leading a married life with someone who is more than 1,560 years older than she! Now those people who did not marry and are without child living in that kingdom can return to earth, and receive the blessing again. We now will enter an age when such people can adopt a child here and then return to the other world to truly become someone's ancestor. You have to know this. That is why the question is this: Are you united with the substantiation of the Principle or not? That position of relating with the subject in the Principle will remain even after thousands and billions of years have passed, for eternity.


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Bill's retired and lives alone. Often he's just not hungry or is too tired to fix a whole meal. Does he need a multi-vitamin or one of those dietary supplements he sees in ads everywhere? He wonders if they work—will one help his arthritis, or another give him more energy? And, are they safe?
"Dietary supplements" used to make you think only of vitamins and minerals. But, today this big business makes and sells many different types of dietary supplements that have vitamins, minerals, fiber, amino acids, herbs, or hormones in them. Supplements come in the form of pills, capsules, powders, gel tabs, extracts, or liquids. Sometimes you find them added to drinks or energy bars. They might be used to add nutrients to your diet or to prevent health problems. You don't even need a prescription from your doctor to buy dietary supplements.
Who Needs a Dietary Supplement?
Ads for supplements seem to promise to make you feel better, keep you from getting sick, or even help you live longer. Often there is little, if any, scientific support for these claims. In fact, some supplements can hurt you. Others are a waste of money because they don't give you any health benefits.
So, should you or your elderly parents take a supplement? You might want to talk to a doctor or a registered dietitian to answer that question. A friend, neighbor, or someone on a commercial shouldn't be suggesting a supplement for you or an elderly relative.
Are Supplements Safe?
If you or your senior parent is thinking about taking a supplement, you should remember that these "over-the-counter" substances are not like the penicillin or blood pressure medicine a doctor might prescribe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has to check prescription drugs to make sure they are safe and do what they promise before they are sold. The same is true for "over-the-counter drugs" like cold and pain medicines. It is not the FDA's job to check dietary supplements in the same way. That means that they are not reviewed by the FDA before being sold. However, it is the FDA's job to take action against unsafe products on the market. Only if enough people report problems with a dietary supplement, can the FDA study these possible problems and take action.
Vitamins and minerals are nutrients found naturally in food. We all need them to stay healthy. The benefits and side effects of many vitamins and minerals have been studied. The best way to get vitamins and minerals is through food consumed, not through any supplements taken. You and your senior mom or dad should try to eat the number of servings of food recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Guide Pyramid each day. Pick foods that are lower in fat and added sugars. If you or your senior parent can't eat enough, then ask a doctor if taking a multivitamin and mineral supplement is necessary.
Remember, the supplement doesn't need to be a "senior" formula, it shouldn't have large or "mega-doses" of vitamins and minerals, and generally store or generic brands are fine.
So how much should be taken? The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has developed recommendations for vitamins and minerals. Check the label on the supplement bottle. It shows the level of vitamins and minerals in a serving compared with the suggested daily intake.
For example, a vitamin A intake of 100% DV (Daily Value) means the supplement is giving you the full amount of vitamin A you need each day. This is in addition to what you are getting from your food.
Some people might think that if a little is good, a lot must be better, but that doesn't necessarily apply to vitamins and minerals. Depending on the supplement, the age of the person taking it, and their health, taking more than 100% DV could be harmful to overall health. Also, if the body cannot use the entire supplement taken, you or your elderly parent has wasted money. Finally, large doses of some vitamins and minerals can also keep prescription medications from working as they should. People over the age of 50 might need certain supplements, so talk to your senior parents' doctor before starting supplements.
Vitamin and Mineral Intake Guidelines for Seniors
- Vitamin B12 — 2.4 mcg (micrograms) of B12 each day. Some foods, such as cereals, are fortified with this vitamin. But, up to one-third of older people can no longer absorb natural vitamin B12 from their food. They need this vitamin to keep their blood and nerves healthy.
- Calcium — 1200 mg (milligrams), but not more than 2500 mg a day. As people age, they need more of this and vitamin D to keep bones strong. Bone loss can lead to fractures, mainly of the hip, spine, or wrist, in both older women and men.
- Vitamin D — 400 IU (international units) for people age 51 to 70 and 600 IU for those over 70, but not more than 2000 IU each day.
- Iron — Men and postmenopausal women need 8 mg of iron a day. Extra iron may be necessary for women past menopause who are using hormone replacement therapy. Iron helps keep red blood cells healthy. Postmenopausal women who use hormone replacement therapy may still experience a monthly period and they need extra iron to make up for this loss of blood.
- Vitamin B6 — 1.7 mg for men and 1.5 mg for women daily. This vitamin is needed for forming red blood cells and to keep overall health.
What Are Antioxidants?
You may have heard about the possible benefits of antioxidants, natural substances found in food. Right now, there is no proof that large doses of antioxidants will prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, or cataracts. Eating fruits and vegetables (at least five servings a day) rather than taking a supplement is the best way for both you and your senior parent to get antioxidants. Vegetable oil and nuts are also good sources of some antioxidants. Non-dairy calcium sources are especially good for people who cannot use dairy products.
What About Herbal Supplements?
You may have heard of ginkgo biloba, ginseng, Echinacea, or black cohosh. These are examples of herbal supplements. They are dietary supplements that come from certain plants, and since they come from plants, it's easy to think they are safe. Furthermore, although herbal supplements are not approved as drugs, some are being studied as possible treatments for illness. However, it's still too soon to tell. Remember some strong poisons (like hemlock) and some prescription medicines like cancer drugs come from plants as well, so care should be taken.
When you or your elderly parent use any dietary supplement including herbals for a health problem, you are using that supplement as a drug. Because the ingredients may have an effect on the body, they can interfere with medications already being taken. Some herbal supplements can also cause serious side effects such as high blood pressure, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, fainting, headaches, seizures, heart attack, or stroke.
If you are thinking about using dietary supplements for your senior parent, remember:
- Talk to the doctor or a registered dietitian first. Just because something worked for your neighbor's elderly parent, doesn't mean the same will be true for your senior mom or dad.
- Use only the supplement the doctor or dietitian decided on—don't buy combinations with unnecessary added supplements.
- If the doctor does not suggest a dietary supplement, but your senior parent has decided to use one anyway, tell the doctor. Then he or she can keep an eye on your aging parent's health and adjust their other medications if needed.
- Learn as much as you can about the supplement your senior mom or dad is thinking about, but be aware of the source of the information. Could the writer or group profit from the sale of a particular supplement?
- Buy brands you know from companies you, your doctor, your dietitian, or your pharmacist know are reputable.
- Remember that many of the claims made about supplements are not based on enough scientific proof. If you have questions about a supplement, contact the firm or a doctor and ask if it has information on the safety and/or effectiveness of the ingredients in its product.
Here's what one active older person does: When Pearl was nearing 60, she was concerned about remaining healthy and active as she aged. She began to exercise. Now she takes a long, brisk walk 3 or 4 times a week. In bad weather, she joins the mall walkers. In good weather, she also works in her garden. She had long since stopped smoking. Pearl tries to follow a healthy diet. She reads the newspaper daily. She's even learning how to use a computer and keeps in touch with her family by email, as well as phone calls. She always wears a seatbelt when in a car. Last month, she danced at her granddaughter's wedding. Pearl is now 84 years old.
Have your elderly parents try following Pearl's example—sticking to a healthy diet, exercising, keeping their minds active, not smoking, and seeing their doctors regularly.
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institute of Health (NIH) leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form NIA to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people.


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To get in
Guided tours
- 2 hours minimum.
- Individual visitors will be provided with an audio guide. No reservation request.
- The comments and eye witness accounts of the audio-guides are available in 5 languages (French, Dutch, English, German, Spanish).
- Depending on the days weather conditions, bring warm/waterproof clothing as a part of the visit will take you outside. Sturdy shoes are also recommended for the outside visit.
- Disabled access means that we can welcome visitors with special needs (plan available at the reception).
- Guided visits are available for groups upon request.
- These guided visits are available in French, Dutch, English or German.
- Reservation is compulsory at least one week before the planned visit.
- The reservation of a guide is compulsory for school groups.
- The Memorial reserves the right to refuse entry to a school group arriving without reservation if the number of visitors already present (or expected) is too high.
- Due to the layout of the site, groups are limited to a maximum of 30 persons.
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- Reservations can be made via internet, by phone (only from Monday to Friday; from 9.30 to 12.30 AM) (0032 3 860 75 24), by fax (0032 3 866 53 91) or by e-mail (email@example.com).
- We would be grateful if you could arrive on time in order to avoid any bottlenecks at the entry to the Memorial.
- Every confirmed visit will be charged for and invoiced unless a cancellation is received at least two working days before the visit.


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Posts tagged BiotechCorp
Biotech entrepreneurship flourishing in Malaysia2
Support programs are developing a strong industry but access to qualified staff remains an issue, says Geneflux Director and biotechnology entrepreneur Dr. Prashanth Bagali
by Jon Southurst
It's been over four years since the Malaysian government formed the Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation (BiotechCorp), an agency tasked with turning Malaysia's infant biotechnology sector into a global competitor. BiotechCorp is achieving this with a comprehensive array of programs providing everything from education to entrepreneurial support, investment, training and marketing. Large companies and niche players alike would get the kind of assistance they needed to expand internationally. Geneflux™ Biosciences is one company that took its concept global with a focus on local issues under BiotechCorp's guidance. Dr. Prashanth Bagali, its Director and co-founder, spoke to us about his company's experience and the challenge for Malaysia in the 21st century's preeminent scientific sphere.
The term 'biotechnology' refers to the science of life itself. It includes research and techniques involving living organisms from microorganisms to plants and animals, to serve specific applications in improving human health and agriculture. At its cutting edge is genome mapping, cell fusion, gene detection, gene transfer and embryo manipulation. It's a prestigious, high-value industry with rewards in intellectual property, international sales and reputation among the world's scientists.
The national interest in biotechnology started as early as the 5th Malaysian plan (1986-1990) but was given due recognition and emphasis starting from the 8th Malaysian Plan (2001-2005). Before 2007, healthcare biotechnology in Malaysia was an embryo itself. The existing industry was driven by traders, equipment suppliers and reagent vendors, with less than 100 local patents filed of any international importance. That was around the time BiotechCorp was just beginning, and it was into this scene that entrepreneurs Dr. Bagali and partner Ir.Balagaru Naidu arrived to set up a business.
Geneflux Biosciences registered in 2007 with a focus on the research and development of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) based testing kits, a faster way to detect and analyze small quantities (or volume) of DNA or RNA without the need for full cloning. Their kits would be available at affordable prices to developing countries in Asia and Africa, vital in combating diseases affecting those regions. (more…)
Malaysian biotech sector continues to grow as plan enters Phase 20
Interesting things continue to happen in Malaysia's science and technology sector. The country's biotech industry has brought in RM5.4 billion (US$1.79 billion) worth of investments and created 54,776 jobs since the National Biotech Policy (NBP) was initiated in 2005. With NBP's second five-year phase about to begin, Malaysian Biotechnology Corp (BiotechCorp) says the sector will draw another RM9 billion ($2.99 billion) in investments and RM50 billion ($16.62 billion) in revenue. A third phase will begin in 2015.
BiotechCorp said it was happy with the progress so far, despite the totals being under Phase I targets of RM6 billion in investment and RM20 billion in revenue. CEO Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said the ratio of private to public investments was "extremely favorable", trends were in its favor, and it had built a platform for further growth. BiotechCorp had also developed a new model focused on commercialization and capacity-building, and had lined up four foreign direct investments (FDIs) this year totaling RM4 billion ($1.33 billion).
At the close of Phase I this year, Malaysia's biotech sector contributed 2.2% of GDP. The NBP aims to increase that to at least 4% by the end of Phase II.
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World Organization of the Scout Movement patch from the 2016 event
The Jamboree On The Air-Jamboree on the Internet is an annual Scouting (and amateur radio event) sponsored by the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement utilizing computers, the internet, and amateur radio. It is held annually on the third weekend of October. Thousands of Scouts participate online and with amateur radio stations, sometimes with a physical radio, sometimes using internet radio interfaces.
When worn on the uniform shirt, it is centered on the right pocket as a temporary patch.
BSA patches
External links
- The official Jamboree on the Air - Jamboree on the Internet page
- Official Boy Scouts of America JOTA page
- Official Boy Scouts of America JOTI page
- American Radio Relay League JOTA page
- K2BSA an amateur radio association dedicated to extending the reach of amateur radio within the Scout movement, especially within the BSA — K2BSA.net


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Archive for the 'Music Lists' Category
Alone in a Crowded Place
Lets all toast to the days when we just feel like we didn't fit in, those days when we feel misunderstood, those days when we just want to say "stay the fuck away from me."
These are the songs for one of those days that we realize we are basically alone.
1. Fiona Apple – Why Try to Change Me Now
This anorexic beauty covers a song by Cy Coleman about not fitting in. I envy how Fiona Apple always managed to look so sullen, so composed, the kind of composure that makes you feel she could slit her wrists any second without flinching.


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The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommend that a child's first visit to the dentist occur at 1 year of age or 6 months after the eruption of the 1st tooth. Early visits help your child to become familiar with the doctors and staff, lessening the fear often associated with dental visits. Seeing your child early on also allows us to prevent future problems and to intercept them early.
A parent or legal guardian must accompany the child to the first visit.


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The ability to read independently is one of the most important skills for a student to learn. But if you ask a student to read a book beyond her reading level, you set her up for frustration and failure -- and too much failure will turn a learner off from reading, crippling her lifelong learning potential. Set up your student for success through using Lexile scores, a framework for determining a text's difficulty for any reader.
Find the Lexile Level
Know what "Lexile" means. The Lexile Framework for Reading measures the difficulty of texts based on two parameters: length of sentences within the text and frequency with which words repeat within the text. The shorter the sentences and the more often the words repeat, the easier the text is, and the lower its Lexile score will be. The longer the sentences and the less often the words repeat, the harder the text is, and the higher its Lexile score will be.
Have your student take a Lexile Measurement test. If he is in a public school, such tests are administered by the state (frequency varies by state). Contact your school's guidance counselor or records keeper to see if your student already has a Lexile score on file. If he is home-schooled, buy an appropriate test at the Lexile website.
Interpret the results of the test. The scores range from 200 (for the most rudimentary readers) to 1700 (for highly advanced readers). Scores are based purely on reading ability, not age or grade level.
Use the Lexile score for your student to pick out an appropriate book. A student with a 200 score should start with books like "Amelia Bedelia" and "Clifford the Big Red Dog." A student with a 1700 score can tackle Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
Remember that a book at your student's Lexile level will be challenging, but still accessible. According to studies, the student will understand roughly 70 percent of the text. Your student will be able to read without getting too frustrated while still picking up new vocabulary and sharpening reading skills.
Find the Lexile Score of a Text
Look up the title of the text in Lexile's database. Since 2009, publishers around the world have been providing Lexile scores for their publications. This includes most textbooks as well as many novels and magazines.
Upload a text sample (preferably 125 words long) to the Lexile Analyzer. The program is free to use and will give you a Lexile score for the text, plus the text's word count, mean log frequency and mean sentence length.
Remember that your student should ideally be reading a book at or within 50 points (above or below) her Lexile reading level. Too low, and the text will seem inane. Too high, and the text will seem impossible.
Things You Will Need
- Lexile Measurement Test
- Lexile scores have nothing to do with content. Read over a text yourself before assigning it to a student, keeping an eye out for age-inappropriate content.
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Senior Living Options, a placement and referral service for independent and assisted living, came to us for a website that would appeal to baby boomers and their aging loved ones alike. We wanted visitors to trust that Senior Living Options understood their needs from the moment they arrived in the site. Our design incorporated a warm color palette, crisp photos and was easy-to-navigate. We also made sure the site was search engine optimized (SEO) and built in an open-source content management system (CMS) that would allow the client to easily update content as needed.
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 135953
totem not very useful without gst-ffmpeg
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:52 EST
Totem without gst-ffmpeg for playing videos is really a joke atm. It
fails to play any videos i have (i don't have any matroska or theora
videos here). For example (trying to play an mpg video):
** (totem:20494): WARNING **: don't know how to handle video/mpeg,
systemstream=(boolean)true, mpegversion=(int)1
Or when i try to play an avi file:
** (totem:20503): WARNING **: don't know how to handle video/x-xvid,
framerate=(double)25, width=(int)320, height=(int)240,
So please include gst-ffmpeg in fedora core so totem can playback most
common used video formats. Thanks...
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and gstreamer-plugins-0.8.5-1 (fedora core devel on ppc).


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Q. How long can I keep the skip for?
A. Skips are hired for up to 7 days unless otherwise agreed. If you would need longer, please call us on 01432 353536 to discuss this.
Q. How much does it cost to hire a skip?
A. The price depends on the size of skip that you hire. Please see our skip guide for more details.
Q. How and when do we pay?
A. You can pay by credit/debit card over the phone. We also accept cash or cheque on delivery. However, the cheque must have cleared before the skip will be collected.
Q. What is landfill tax?
A. The Government introduced landfill tax in a effort to promote recycling. The aim is to gradually decrease the volume of waste that is taken to landfill. The current rate of landfill tax stands at £40 Per tonne.
Q. Is there anything I can't put in the skip?
A. Asbestos, Plasterboard, Batteries, Fridges/Fridge Freezers, Televisions, Computer Screens, fluorescent Light Tubes and any other form of Light Tube, Gas Cylinders or Pressurised Containers, No Liquids, i.e Oil, Paint, Fuel including residue left in Tins/Cans etc, Tyres.
Q. What is "Wait & Load"?
A. Wait & Load is a service we offer at no extra cost. When the driver delivers the skip, he will wait for up to 30 minutes while you to fill the skip. He will then take it away. This eliminates the need to obtain permits, and is also ideal if you don't want a skip sat outside your house.
Q. How high can we load the skip?
A. Skips must be loaded no higher than the vertical sides of the skip. The use of boards to build the sides up is prohibited. Most importantly, the skip must be loaded securely and responsibly so that it is safe for road transport.
Q. Where are the skips taken to be emptied?
A. All skip waste is taken to licensed waste transfer stations. Here it is processed for recycling.
Q. Can you put skips on a road?
A. Yes, we can place skips on a road; we need two days notice to arrange a license from the council. The cost of this is £30 and covers you for up to one week.
If you require any further help or advice please do not hesitate to contact us and one of our expert waste advisors will be more than happy to help.


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More Fourth Grade Hilarity--This Time from ObamaTeam
Am I just "misremembering," or didn't Obama just a few days ago lecture the Republicans about a lack of civility? I guess it means nothing to Robot Gibbs that he's the mouthpiece for Obama's administration. Stay classy, Gibbs. The Obama Administration: Leading from the rear.
Do these dumb-shits on the Left not get it that the more they mock Sarah Palin, the more they elevate her? Honestly, I think Palin punked the Left, knowing that writing notes to herself on her hand would be irresistable fodder for those who hate her. It makes the leftists look small and petty.
Gibbs is now in the unenviable position of following Andrea Mitchell and Keith Olbermann, who have both mocked Palin using the same "joke." What a freaking dolt this man is. Gibbs is absolutely the worst press secretary evah--incompetent and obnoxious--and I'm so glad he gets to keep his job.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Labels: Robert Gibbs is a boob
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Palin's hand job just shows all of us what kind of dullard we are up against. WOW and some call her a leader....please.
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Yeah, Palin is a dullard and an idiot alright. Writing four words on her hand got the Palin-haters to talk about her for three solid days. Yep, what a dolt.
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Meet Australian cattle & sheep farmers, discover 100 research projects and learn more about what is important to the sustainability of the industry
As the fourth generation to breed beef cattle on our family property near Baralaba in Central Queensland, my brother and I take on the role with nearly 100 years of knowledge about the land we live on behind us. This includes continually fine tuning the way we manage our farm to meet the changing climatic and market conditions.
During the last 100 years there have been many challenges, from droughts, floods, fire to market slumps, but somehow we've made it through. The secret to this, I believe, is having respect for the land and realising that running a sustainable production system, like ours, is dependent on caring for the land, and adjusting what we do to suit it. This requires a multifaceted approach, which rewards with healthy environmental and profitable production systems.
During the course of our ownership, my family has developed a number of strategies. One of which is to match the cattle we run to the land and the climate we farm in. For us this meant moving away from the original British breeds, such as Hereford, and into the more feed efficient, tick resistant, and heat tolerant, Brahman and Droughtmaster cattle. This has reduced our reliance on chemicals for pest control and allowed for a better utilisation of the feed available. We continue to selectively breed our cattle to better suit our land and improve environmental and production outcomes. We also ensure that our stocking rates match the amount of feed we have. This is to ensure over grazing is avoided and that we have a sustained source of stock feed and can be resilient through drought.
We have numerous dams on our properties to supply consistent water and where possible fence them off to reduce nutrient build up from cattle effluent. This aids in the creation of ecosystems for many aquatic plant and animal species. We also have two major creek systems running through either end of our properties.
These not only provide water for stock as well as adding to the incredible natural beauty, however they are a blessing and a curse, as when water flows in from upstream it brings with it many plant pests. We routinely monitor our creek flats for pest plants and use weed control methods to return them to their native state.
We have also retained considerable areas of natural woodlands, which serve dual purposes. The established vegetation acts in preventing land degradation impacts such as salinity and erosion from taking place, and provides habitat for native animals. We are often able to hear the koalas from our house just on dusk, and going looking for them was a much-loved activity as a child.
I now attend university, studying a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at the University of Queensland. This course has provided me with knowledge including ecology, natural resource management, and information regarding the latest technology available to farmers to increase sustainability of the environment and production systems. It has helped me to combine my previous knowledge of the land with new insights, allowing me to adjust and form new approaches to manage the land we have.
There is a misconception in some part of the community that farmers only see their land as a provider of income, but for the majority of farmers is a passion and a lifelong commitment. Living on the land we face many hardships, and it is our love of the land that gets us through these, and more often than not, the thought of being able to pass on this love and our land to the next generation.
I am now also a Young Farming Champion for the At4Agriculture program, sponsored by Meat & Livestock Australia and the Target 100 campaign.


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Marinka loves to be bossy. When she feels that someone does not recognize her authority, that person is dealt with to the fullest extent. She felt that her slave was not giving her due respect. She would have none of it and she went to him and put a chair over his body and she sat on it. She trampled his face with her stinky feet and made him lick them.
Trampling is the fetish of this mistress. She likes to trample on anyone and on anything. This time round, she wanted to trample her slave. She placed a plastic bag on his body and she called her friends and together they had fun stomping him. They did not just trample him, but they stomped him as well and brought their weight to bear on his small body and caused him lots of pain.
Madame Marissa loves good sex. When this guy gave her poor sex, she felt used. And she hates feeling used. So she punished the guy for it. She tied him up and tortured him by choking him. When she was done choking him, she made him open his mouth and she spit into it. After spitting into it, she also made him swallow her saliva. Then she let him go.
Miss Julia did not like the noise coming from her neighbor. She stormed to his house and gave him a beating he would not forget. She did not care that it was his property. She trampled him with her boots and kicked him. She jumped on him, smothered and humiliated him. She told him that if she ever heard of that noise again, she would come over and do worse.
Deborah is the queen of torture. She wanted her friend to learn the art of torturing slaves so she called a slave and made her friend watch as she unleashed terror on the slave. She also made her friend try it on her own as well as try what she had done. She sat on his throat and choked him before farting on his face and making him smell it.
Madame Marissa wanted to make this slave stop his lazy ways. So she took his hands and placed them on a grill. She then stepped on her fingers and crushed them. She crushed them and trampled on them without any care. She wanted to show him that he should use his hands to work or else there will be hell to pay. She did not have to do it again.
Miss Arella wearing huge sexy heels decides that she wants to punish her slave. She is violent with him, trampling his cock and balls, choking and hurting her slave with her very high heels. She wants to make it as painful as possible for her slave. Miss Arella puts her full weight on her slave, to make sure he is in pain for as long as possible. She takes exactly what she wants!


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Orioles prefer to keep draft, too, but to explain why Bautista doesn't fit, they told JB camp: O's fans just don't like him
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 7, 2016
This is laugh out loud funny. Whether you agree with this or not, you can't deny that this is a cold-blooded approach. The Orioles may be looking for a top free agent, but it's a safe bet that Jose Bautista will not make the cut. After meeting with Bautista's representatives on Tuesday, the Orioles didn't sugarcoat their reasons for passing.
O's explanation to Bautista was refreshingly honest. Other factors are draft choice, probably $, etc. — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 7, 2016
We all want to see the club get better, but I can stand behind the Orioles on this one. The rumor-mill linking Bautista to the Orioles started in November, but that door has closed.
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Biomedical Modeling Pilot Awards
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of Pittsburgh is now seeking applications for the Biomedical Modeling Pilot Awards. These awards support new research that combines experimental approaches with predictive mathematical or computational models to improve understanding of health, medicine and disease. The goal of this program is to establish and strengthen the role of quantitative modeling in clinical and translational research. Projects funded by the program are expected to involve trans-disciplinary collaborations between translational investigators and quantitative modelers.
Examples of projects that might fit this opportunity include
Projects that are not suitable include analysis of experimental datasets using common techniques and development of tools or algorithms without direct biological application.
Pilot awards may request up to $25,000 direct costs for six months. No indirect support will be provided.
Key Dates:
|Friday, June 15, 2018
|Submissions Due at 11:59 p.m.
|July 25, 2018
|Completion of Review Period
|September 2018
|Funding Begins*
*Exact date may vary. Funds stem from an institutional award made by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Federal policy requires that the project may not commence until a representative from NCATS has administratively approved the pilot projects selected by CTSI. The NCATS approval process cannot commence until required approvals (IRB, IACUC, hSCRO, IBC, CORID, etc.) are obtained. NCATS approval will likely take at least four weeks.


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Each year a consortium of four major veterans service organizations (VSOs), American Veterans (AMVETS), Disabled Veterans of America (DAV), Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW), publish the Independent Budget–recommendations for Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs to consider in the upcoming fiscal year. The group published their Independent Budget for FY2016 on 15 January 2015 (website | PDF).
The FY2016 Independent Budget authors clearly conduct extensive research, and they produce a well-written, thoughtful analysis of veterans' needs and ways in which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) can best meet them.
But something is missing.
I really can't blame the Independent Budget authors though because what they missed, everyone misses when advocating for improved VA services.
Here's what's missing: Analysis of the VHA C&P exam program, particularly with regard to how C&P exam accuracy (or lack thereof) affects VBA rating accuracy.1
The Independent Budget offers smart recommendations regarding the disability claims process, at least as far as VBA goes:
The VBA must openly and honestly reassess whether the target goal established five years ago—that all claims would be completed within 125 days with 98 percent accuracy by the end of 2015—remains realistic and achievable. If the VBA confirms these goals are not reachable, it must work in a transparent and collaborative manner with Congress and its veterans service organization (VSO) partners to set new goals, revise current strategies, or request new resources.
But what about the Veterans Health Administration's role in reaching these goals? Assuming that the timeliness and quality of VA disability claims processing rests solely on VBA's shoulders misses the fact that VBA relies heavily on VHA to conduct independent medical evaluations (IMEs), i.e., C&P exams, for most claimed conditions, particularly for PTSD and other mental disorders.2
VBA and VHA Work Together to Process Veterans' Disability Claims
Consequently, VBA cannot complete veterans' disability claims within 125 days with 98 percent accuracy without VHA's help.
VHA has done an admirable job of completing compensation and pension examinations faster, while also handling a significantly increased volume of C&P exam requests from VBA. Thus, VHA and VBA have worked together quite effectively to reduce claims processing time.
On the other hand, VHA has largely ignored C&P exam quality as they have focused on C&P exam productivity. This neglect lowers the accuracy rate for VBA rating decisions (and decisions about service connection).
VBA service connection and rating decisions are only as accurate as the C&P exams on which they are based. Of course, VBA Rating Veterans Service Representatives (RSVRs) consider all relevant evidence, i.e., not just the C&P exam, when adjudicating a veteran's disability claim. But most would agree that in general, C&P exam results exert more influence than any other piece of evidence.
Even with VBA's current laudable achievement of 90% accuracy of rating decisions according to STAR criteria, this number represents only half the equation. Since VBA rating decisions are based in large part on C&P examiner's conclusions, one must also factor in C&P exam accuracy. At least in the mental health realm, it's not a pretty picture. If mental health C&P exam accuracy is 65% (a generous assumption), then the overall accuracy rate for VA disability decisions is only 58.5%.
Predicted VHA Response
When presented with this concern, VHA management will likely respond, "But how do you know that mental health C&P exam accuracy is so low?"
My answer: "I believe mental health C&P accuracy suffers for reasons I have outlined elsewhere. However, it is not my job to determine the mental health C&P exam accuracy rate–it is yours. But, conveniently, VHA has never conducted program evaluation studies, rigorous quality assurance reviews, or empirical research to ascertain the mental health C&P accuracy rate, and as far as I can discern, there are currently no plans to do so."
There are sins of commission, and sins of omission. VHA's failure to ensure C&P exam accuracy is a sin of omission that will eventually undermine confidence in the VA's disability benefits program.
1. My comments concern Mental Health C&P exams. Some of what I say might also apply to other C&P exams, but I do not possess the expertise to comment on those exams specifically.
2. I recognize that many VSOs and veterans do not believe C&P exams are independent medical examinations since the same agency that makes the disability determination conducts the medical evaluation. That argument has merit. Unfortunately, the VSOs' preference is that the veteran's treating psychologist or psychiatrist conduct the disability evaluation, a 'solution' that introduces equally problematic conflict of interest problems.


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Jen (the girl out of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) would beat Jesus in a fight
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Here's the scenario. The year: 1779; the location: Eastern China.
Jesus has returned to Earth to persuade the locals in Manchuria to reject Buddha's teachings and to worship his father instead. To this end, he enters a restaurant in order to convert the diners inside, and he starts mouthing off about how great his dad is.
"He has no equal either in Heaven or on the Earth" boasts Jesus, "It is He who possesses all wisdom and all light. It is to Him you must address yourselves to be consoled in your sorrows."
Then Jen, the beautiful daughter of a Manchurian aristocrat, coolly looks up from her tea and says "You're talking out of your arse, you are. My dad's Governor Yu, the most powerful man in the entire province, whereas nobody's even heard of your dad. Where does he live?"
"He resides in calm and silence, alone in immortality, dwelling in the light." replies Jesus.
"Where the fvck is 'immortality'?" asks Jen, "I've never heard of the place. Is it near Peking?"
"No," replies Jesus, "I mean, my father is God and Father of everything, the invisible One."
"He's invisible?" asks Jen, "What the fvck are you talking about? Are you trying to say he's an absent father?"
"No!" replies Jesus, "Well yes, sort of - I was actually brought up by my other dad, but never mind that, the point is He is the Great Creator and has not shared His power with any living being and it is He who possesses all wisdom and all light, not your father."
"What? Are you dissing my dad?" asks Jen, outraged, "Are you having a fvcking pop at my old man?"
With that, Jen gets up, marches over to Jesus, jabs her finger in his chest and says "Nobody disrespects my family, especially not some beardy little gobshite like you. Come on, outside right now, I'm going to avenge this grievous insult – using any weapon you choose."
"No, I don't fight girls." says Jesus.
"Ch-ch-ch-chicken!" goads Jen, and everybody in the restaurant laughs at Jesus, who blushes with embarrassment and rage.
Now, as we know, Jesus fancies himself as a bit of a tough guy because in an act of premeditated violence (which, if committed today, would see him prosecuted for criminal damage and possession of offensive weapon) he made a whip of small cords and he drove all the merchants out of the temple and poured out the foreign exchange traders' money, and overthrew their tables. (John 2:15)
So, Jesus accepts Jen's offer of a fight, and followed by the customers of the restaurant, they go outside to settle the matter.
Well, there you have it: the scenario is set. Now here's my argument.
Jen would win the fight, no matter which of the locally-available weapons Jesus chose to use, whether it be swords, staffs, knives or whips, because she was trained in the use of them all and there is no record of Jesus ever having learned how to use any martial arts' weapons.
Furthermore, although Jesus has special powers, Jen can still do almost anything he can. She can walk (or at least run) on water and she can ascend high in the air (not quite as far as Heaven, but high enough for a fight).
In fact, the only thing that she can't do that Jesus can is to make loaves and fishes appear as if from nowhere, but what use is that sort of trick in a fight?
No, there is no doubt in my mind that Jen out of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon would beat Jesus in a violent confrontation.
Thank you.
//"In fact, the only thing that she(Jen) can't do that Jesus can is to make loaves and fishes appear as if from nowhere, but what use is that sort of trick in a fight?"//
Now whatever Jen can do, incuding all of her skills, Jesus can also do as he is super special magic as is written in the Bible(I concede that it is entirely fiction but that point is moot in this debate). So whatever Jen can do, Jesus can simply stop by using his powers including but not limited to:
Flying, breathing underwater, coming back to life, miracles, being born of a virgin, heat vision, super strength, web slinging powers, super intelligence, need I go on?
Besides all of these as I pointed out earlier my opponent has already conceded that Jen does not possess the ability to makes loaves of bread and fish appear out of nowhere. So Jesus can simply block all of Jen's powers, abilities, and skills with his powers which we may assume can be completely equal to her own, and then while countering all of her abilities, Jesus creates massive land breathing sharks to eat Jen up and as she attempts to evade the sharks, Jesus turns her into a large piece of bread and subsequently feeds her to the sharks.
As we can see while Jen may be a very powerful opponent, non compare to the awesome strength of our heavenly father.
In his response, my opponent hypothesised that "Jesus creates massive land- breathing sharks to eat Jen up and as she attempts to evade the sharks, Jesus turns her into a large piece of bread and subsequently feeds her to the sharks."
Okay, I've got no problem with Jesus creating the sharks, or with Jen being eaten by one of them – he was good at doing magic tricks with fish, but that Jen could be bread when fed to the sharks just isn't plausible.
Firstly, the textbooks tell us sharks "can detect one drop of blood in 25 gallons of water and can smell blood a � mile away".
They don't say sharks 'can detect a crumb of bread in 25 gallons of water and can smell a toasted bagel a � mile away' do they?
And, in the film Jaws, the shark was after the fishermen's blood, not the fishermen's sandwiches, wasn't it?
Furthermore, people who get eaten by sharks do not, generally speaking, deserve their fates for making the elementary mistake of going swimming with burger buns stuffed inside their swimwear, right?
Secondly, Jesus doesn't even have the power to turn Jen into a loaf of bread. Please consider the comprehensive list of remarkable feats performed by Jesus reproduced hereunder.
1 Changing water into wine
2 Healing of the royal official's son
3 Healing of a man possessed by a demon in Capernaum
4 Healing of Simon Peter's mother-in-law
5 Healing the sick during the evening
6 Catching a large number of fish
7 Healing a leper
8 Healing a centurion's servant
9 Healing a paralyzed man
10 Healing a withered hand
11 Raising a widow's son
12 Calming the stormy sea
13 Healing the Gerasene demon-possessed man
14 Healing a woman with internal bleeding
15 Raising Jairus' daughter
16 Healing two blind men
17 Healing a mute man possessed by a demon
18 Healing a man who was crippled for 38 years
19 Feeding 5000 men and their families
20 Walking on water
21 Healing of many in Gennesaret
22 Healing a demon-possessed girl
23 Healing a deaf man with a speech impediment
24 Feeding the 4000 men and their families
25 Healing a blind man in Bethsaida
26 Healing a man born blind
27 Healing a boy possessed by a demon
28 Catching a fish with a coin in its mouth
29 Healing a blind and mute man who was possessed by a demon
30 Healing a woman with an 18 year infirmity
31 Healing a man with dropsy
32 Healing 10 men suffering from leprosy
33 Bringing Lazarus back to life
34 Healing Bartimaeus of blindness
35 The withering fig tree that produced no fruit
36 Restoring a severed ear
37 Catching of the 153 fish
You can clearly see, apart from healing people, catching fish and generally messing about with water, the only other remarkable feat Jesus performed was to curse a fig tree to death.
At no point did Jesus turn any fornicators, homosexuals, blasphemers, oxen-coveters or aggressive Chinese girls into loaves of bread, or any other type of bakery product for that matter.
So, while one of Jesus' land-sharks might eat Jen, she would still be human when they did.
Now, as Jesus' fellow Bible celebrity, Jonah, would confirm, people who get eaten by big fish as a punishment get spat out when God decides they have learned their lesson.
That would give Jen the opportunity to track Jesus down and when she finds him, she'll kick his holier-than-thou arse into the back end of next week - no matter how many disciples he has to protect him: the embedded YouTube clip proves that the water-walking, fish-catching, sick-healing prophet and his ecclesiastical henchmen would never be a match for Jen's invincible fighting capabilities.
The result? Jen wins and Jesus has to be teleported back up to Heaven.
We can only guess at how the conversation with his exasperated father would go but I can imagine a chastened Jesus explaining the matter along these lines:
"Yes Father, I know I'm back before I have completed my task of enlightening the whole of humanity but there was this young girl and…yes, I know, but she was a real tough cookie, and anyway, I accidentally insulted her dad and we had this fight and, well, anyway, I've had to come back to Heaven early…sorry about that, but as I said the last time, it won't happen again."
Please vote Pro.
Thank you.
My opponent has cited only one problem with my argument. He claims that Jen being turned into bread and being fed sharks is implausible.
However wouldn't the very existence of Jesus and him having magical powers be implausible? When dealing with matters of Jesus and his daddy-o god plausibility has to be thrown out the window. Plausibility does not apply to Jesus!
My opponent says that it doesn't make sense that sharks would eat a lady made of bread but remember, through god, all things are possible.
My opponent's claim that my argument does not make sense or that it's implausible all fall into god's higher plan. The fact that Jesus is an underdog will just mean that when he wins, more people will realise how almighty and powerful god is. The fact that my scenario occuring is so implasible merelt demonstrates that it is all part of god's higher plan to attract followers.
Everything makes sense in god's plan.
My opponent next provides a list of miracles which Jesus performed and reasons that because turning people into bread and feeding them to sharks is not on it, Jesus must not be able to do it. However, I will ask my opponent how Jesus performed these miracles. That's right, god gave him the ability to do so. Through god all things are posible. And let me tell you, if Jesus was in danger of getting his @ss kicked, then of course god is going to step in. How many people are going to follow god is he can't even protect his own son?
I have clerly shown that Jesus would be able to ber en as god would back him up. If god's own son gets his @ss kicked by some Asian chick then we are going to see mass conversions to Islam. God isn't going to have that and thus he'll give Jesus the power to send that ldy back to wherever the h3ll she's from.
Voe Con
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tell me, how would Jen get out of that one?
Posted by socialpinko 7 years ago
Note for example the most obvious where Brian has Hesus retain his traditional heavenly hosts diatribe but for some reason Jen now is channeling a fishwife. If for example you had Jesus respond with a corresponding diatribe in coarse brogue as with his temper upset he loses his eloquent speech then that would be a fairly funny response.
Posted by socialpinko 7 years ago
m93samman - Really, you think that is a winning counter?
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Reasons for voting decision: Through God all things are possible. God's not going to stand around and let his son get his a$s kicked.
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Reasons for voting decision: The Son of God, if he existed, could certainly defeat a young girl who has very limited superhuman abilities compared to the son of the creator of the Universe. And "Everything makes sense in god's plan", made me laugh.
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